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2 Calorie Cookies

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  • Posts: 64 Member
    Oh....I am sooo going to make these TODAY!! Taking the eggs out of the fridge right now. I'm also going to steal your mini lemon meringue pie idea. ( genius!) What else do you have up your sleeve???
  • Posts: 20,316 MFP Moderator
    Bump so I can find again when I get home. :)
  • Posts: 308
    1/2 cup splenda?
    What's wrong with splenda? Lmfao.
  • Posts: 19 Member
    How bout I just spray vanilla scented febreze in the air and then inhale it. Less cals & work...


    LMAO! That's hilarious!
  • Posts: 64 Member
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    someone needs a cookie...

    This. Don't be so hangry...
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    In for the cookies
  • Posts: 870 Member
    My heart wants to make merringues, but my brain tells me not to.
  • Posts: 561 Member
    I love meringues! So light and they really do melt in your mouth. Once you get the technique down they are pretty easy to do, even easier if you have a stand mixer!
  • Posts: 2,131 Member
    I've tried to make meringues. Several times. They always came out smelling wonderful, but taste like dog poop. No, really. If I had to guess what dog poop tastes like, it would be my meringue cookies.

    I'll have to stick to store bought.
  • Posts: 713 Member
    Mmmm I LOVE meringue, but it's definitely a PITA to get it right.
  • Posts: 164 Member
    My heart wants to make merringues, but my brain tells me not to.

    The store bought ones are good too!
  • Posts: 283 Member
    bump
  • Posts: 71 Member
    LEMMOONNN!!! Lemon! Lemon! Lemon! :heart: :love:
  • Posts: 69 Member
    bump
  • Posts: 76 Member
    Bump to make tonight!
  • Posts: 44 Member
    Can I just use egg whites substitute in a carton to measure the grams? I suck at separating eggs.
  • Posts: 300 Member
    Thanks for the recipe! These sound delish and I love cooking and baking so these should be entertaining to make :)
  • Posts: 528 Member
    How many cookies does this recipe make? Can I use stevia extract or is the Splenda important for texture, like sugar is in a lot of baked goods?
    Definitely trying these. I need to run to the store for more eggs since I gave my chickens to the neighbor. Moving in a month so chickens went bye! Bye!
  • Posts: 528 Member
    My heart wants to make merringues, but my brain tells me not to.
    Life is easier with a stand mixer! I have never failed, with the stand mixer to get egg whites or whipped cream to a nice peak.
    One trick on the meringue, make sure your bowl is completely clean and dry. A tiny amount of grease from a previous baking session will cause them to fail.
  • Posts: 165 Member
    Used to have them when I was little. They're soooo good! Love the coffee flavor ones.
  • Posts: 1,706 Member
    I make mine with real sugar ( 4 spoons of brown sugar to four egg whites = 60 calories from sugar ) and add some instant espresso coffee. I get 18 meringues from it.

    60 calories from sugar

    60 calories from the egg white

    per meringue: 6.6 calories
  • Posts: 679 Member
    So what you are saying is that these are actually a negative calorie food, as I know I am going to burn more cals then that cooking them .
    Oh wait...I don't cook...OK, while I watch my wife cook these.
    I can never stand still while in the kitchen.
  • Posts: 172 Member
    How bout I just spray vanilla scented febreze in the air and then inhale it. Less cals & work...

    Great! I have to try this.lol
  • Posts: 870 Member
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    Life is easier with a stand mixer! I have never failed, with the stand mixer to get egg whites or whipped cream to a nice peak.
    One trick on the meringue, make sure your bowl is completely clean and dry. A tiny amount of grease from a previous baking session will cause them to fail.

    I have a stand mixer. What I don't have is motivation.
  • Posts: 35,719 Member
    Why are you calling meringue a cookie? Its just not!
  • Posts: 2,290 Member
    How bout I just spray vanilla scented febreze in the air and then inhale it. Less cals & work...

    LMFAO!

    It would probably taste better too.
  • Posts: 997 Member
    Febreeze has a vanilla scent!!?? Where have I been!?
  • Posts: 213 Member
    Sounds good, I will try it.
  • Posts: 947 Member
    I second (or third) the stand mixer idea, if you have one. And it's essential the bowl and mixers be clean...I wipe mine down with vinegar to make sure to cut any grease that might be on them. And if you are feeling fancy (and really, if you are going through that much effort to make meringues, then you might as well go for it), spoon the meringue into a piping bag and pipe out the cookies before baking. I find I have more control with a bag, than just spooning them out onto the cookie sheet.

    You can also try dusting them with pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, cocoa powder or my favorite...a mix of 1/4 tsp chile powder to 1T powdered Splenda (excellent on lime meringues, btw)...

    If you are horrible at separating eggs, yes you can use liquid egg whites, or meringue powder found in the cake decorating section of your grocery store. (I don't know the nutritionals on the meringue powder offhand, though...just that it works!)
  • Posts: 9,377 Member
    I'd rather just eat a sleeve of oreo's.

    That's mah boy right there!
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